Mal Simons

NEW: The leader of the UK Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey:

They both did it.

What are the benefits of EU Freedom of Movement for businesses within the Single Market? #EUBasics 🇪🇺

How much did EU membership cost the UK as a percentage of its public spending? #EUBasics 🇪🇺

Anyone who still thinks the way Jason Arday was hounded to his death was "fair comment by a free press" should read this brilliant thread from the Emma which lays bare that the "fair comment" and "free press" goes mute when it's one of their own accused of much worse than Arday ever was. 👇🧵

I run a tech agency. We use AI every day. And I think it’s heading somewhere very dark. I’ve been saying this for a while. What worries me isn’t AI failing. It’s AI succeeding. If the AI bosses deliver all they’ve promised… who buys anything? Read more - www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-goi...

Make no mistake—this is Mike Rogers' position on data centers. He's got up to $2.6 million invested in companies cashing in on the data center boom, all while Michiganders watch their utility bills soar.

Street art seen in Seattle's Pike Place area. #EpsteinFiles

"Am I joke to you, Sharon??"

RELEASE THE UNREDACTED TRUMPSTEIN FILES TODAY, TODD BLANCHE AND DONNIE DIPSHIT...

Midlands skyporn

Last July, my identity was stolen - right in the middle of one of the hardest periods of my life. I was placing my dad into social care, juggling several businesses, and then, in the middle of it all, I got kicked off WhatsApp mid-negotiation. www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i...

If anyone would like to see a short video of a very happy piglet munching on some small cubes of cheese, this is your lucky day.

We need more headlines like this. 👍

The American ideal is not just for "real Americans" substack.com/pub/horseytoons

So after years of complaining that the police arrest people for interviewing politicians and refugees on social media. The Reform / MAGA crowd are fine with someone being arrested for threatening Farage on X. Total hypocrites. Unsurprising.

This is America.

Binface versus binfire Love that

Get out

In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.

It was quite the scandal at the time.

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This is why we read books.

Hello Bluesky peeps. Just on the off chance. Anyone looking to invest in either a Vinyl music business with a great customer base and concept, or an Influencer Network with an amazing name? Email or DM me - mal.simons@hotdogsolutions.com

It sounds like they rushed the Qatar jet and it doesn’t have all of the defensive countermeasures needed to transit potentially hostile airspace. There’s no realistic way to read this other than a threat-driven aircraft choice.

A service dog training to protect his owner's head when she has a seizure.

A correlation with Thatcher in the UK. Which makes sense as the same donors were behind both parties, as they are today.

Walkies in the ridiculously warm English countryside. #walkies #husky

Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.

Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced

If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...

We've seen a massive shake-up in the Best Rock / Pop Album of 2025 category. On Friday, 'Yellowcard - Better Days' was sitting at 2% of the vote. They've rocketed up to 18%! Voting is still open! vinylcastle.com/pages/castle... #TheCastleAwards #VinylCastle #Yellowcard #MusicCommunity

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

@sturdyalex.bsky.social happy birthday for the weekend just gone!

I'm delighted to announce that we've just launched a new feature at Vinyl Castle: Browse By Year. We've indexed over 100K titles with their original release years, allowing you to embark on a journey through more than a century of musical history. #vinyl #music vinylcastle.com/pages/browse...

The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.

Jupiter 90 minute time lapse using IR720 pass filter. C6 - ASI585MC #astronomy #astrophotography

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Confiscating Russian assets will show EU strength to the world, - Kallas "This will send a strong signal to Russia that it cannot outlast Europe. We know that the Russian economy is in bad shape and they are clearly counting on us to fail, so we should not give it to them."

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

This is who she was. Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best. Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...